I'm pretty happy with the movie too. I just think it needs a little cleaning up. There are some scenes in particular where I'm cutting out maybe a dozen frames, because the action actually hesitates too long, which is weird because usually Bay moves things right along (aside from the slow-mo shots). I'm definitely (not on the first cut at least) cutting the crap out of the movie. I had maybe 60-70 cuts when I got done the first time, but they were all minor. Just getting rid of some of the more obvious cheesy humor.

As far as the G1 cut goes, I am definitely going to add more starscream in there. He gets a good amount of screen time, so it wouldn't be hard to just insert his voice in there. Luckily, the original cartoon doesn't always have the soundtrack going, so I should be able to find some good, fitting dialogue. The hard part is going to be going through 4 seasons of material, to find all the voices and lines that I want. I'm planning on making it very obvious that Starscream was responsible for at least some of the missiles hitting megatron at the end. Not sure if I want to make it like the G1 cartoon or the G1 movie, but I like your idea of using the brushed metal logos for the scene transition. I would definitely have to find someone with skills to make that part. If you were going to make a cut like that, I would definitely be in to helping you with ideas and material.

I'm 8 cuts into my do-over of the first cut, and I realize now that I learned a lot from that first cut. I'm kind of glad that it screwed up now. It just better not happen again!!!